TSA to Halt Revealing Body Scans at Airports

By

Jack Nicas

Jan. 18, 2013 6:15 p.m. ET

The Transportation Security Administration is pulling from airports its last 174 full-body scanners that show naked images of flyers to TSA agents in a closed room, following public complaints and a congressional mandate.

The TSA said Thursday that it will replace most of the scanners—known as backscatters—with ones that filter images to depict...